TEGUCIGALPA.
Vaccines against Covid-19 donated by Israel a Honduras, that will be applied to health workers tomorrow, reviving hopes for the advent of other anti-mortal drugs virus.
The authorities of the government They stated that the next few days are crucial, they expect to have good news on the progress of the negotiations they are conducting directly with four pharmaceutical companies, while it will be known through the Covax mechanism when and how many doses they will receive in the country. in the form of a donation. Honduras it is ready for the advent of vaccines, both with the vaccination plan and with the legal bases for vaccine authorization.
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Yesterday, the Sanitary Regulatory Office (Arsa) authorized the emergency use in the country of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V.
By means of a statement, the Agency stated that the authorization will be granted after performing a technical review of the documentation and after the special request has been submitted by the Health Secretary.
Francis Contreras, head of the entity said the authorization opens the possibility of bringing this vaccine to the country. ‘If Salud asks us for permission, it’s probably because vaccine will come in, ”he said.
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Days before the arrival of the Moderna vaccine donated by the government Israeli Arsa approved emergency use of that vaccine, so Russia is expected to be among those arriving in the country in the coming weeks to immunize the population.
Sputnik V is a drawer Astrazeneca Y Modern, which have already been approved by Arsa for emergency use in the country. “So far we have no request for approval of the Pfizer vaccine; However, we have no problem with it as it is certified and approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO), ”said Dr. Contreras. The Russian Fund for Direct Investment announced yesterday that Honduras is the 36th country it has Sputnik V.
The approval of the Russian vaccine comes after government authorities have reported negotiations with Russia to bring it to Honduras. In addition, there are negotiations with the company Modern Pfizer Y Astrazeneca.
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This week, health authorities hope that the mechanism Covax say how many doses you will give and when you will deliver them in the country. |
The authorities assure that Honduras will have 9.4 million doses of vaccine against it COVID-19, which is expected to immunize 81% of the population eligible to receive the doses.
Aside from the purchases directly controlled by the country, 3.8 million doses of the vaccine come from Astrazeneca which the Covax mechanism and 1.4 million doses that the Honduran Social Security Institute (IHSS) acquired with the company Astrazeneca.
Vaccination process
Everything is set to start vaccinating the 2,500 health workers with the doses donated by Israel, authorities from the Comprehensive Immunization Program (PAI) said.
Yesterday, the staff of the health regions where the vaccination will take place tomorrow was trained. Today it is expected that the supplies that will be used for the vaccination process will be distributed in those regions.
“Responsibility for conducting the organization, planning, execution and evaluation of this vaccination rests with the heads of these four health regions. The program is going to get them the goods, the programming is so that the vaccination in those four regions starts simultaneously, ”said the head of the EPI, Ida Berenice Molina.
Last night, the Minister of Health, Alba Consuelo Flores, said at a news conference that the 5,000 doses of Modern vaccines Sent by the Government of Israel will be received today at 10:00 am at Hernán Acosta Mejía Air Base by government agencies and technical personnel from the Ministry of Health, Arsa and Customs, and will be immediately handed over to the National Biological Agency according to established protocols Warehouse of the Health Secretary.
As confirmed THE PRESS, of the National Biological Warehouse, will initiate the procedures for the distribution of the vaccine to the regional biological warehouses of Copán, Choluteca, Metropolitana del Distrito Central and Metropolitana de San Pedro Sula, the headquarters of the hospitals that were prioritized in this first campaign.
“The vaccination campaign against Covid-19 will begin concurrently on Friday, February 26 at 8:00 am, but previously the drug will be administered to the staff of the brigades responsible for administering the vaccine on Thursday at 2:30 pm at a site that has yet to be completed. be determined, ‘the statement states.
Frontline personnel were selected based on a set of criteria established by the PAI program, the National Immunization Advisory Council, and the U.S. Health Secretarysaid the minister. In this way, employees in intensive care rooms are vaccinated. COVID-19, living room covid for high-flow patients and emergency rooms covid
The immunization program provides for technical monitoring and supervision to comply with established processes. “This Health Secretary It has mandated the heads of health regions and executive directors of hospitals to strictly adhere to technical operational guidelines to ensure the quality and transparency of the process.
The list of the names of the 2,500 people who will be vaccinated on this first day will be available in each health region at the end of the process, ”said Flores at the conference. He concluded that the vaccination process will be supervised by civil society observers.
Trust in the vaccines that will provide the mechanism Covax As a donation, Honduras is one of the few Latin American countries that, along with Guatemala, has not yet begun to vaccinate the population.
Sectors demand transparency in the application of vaccinesTEGUCIGALPA. Several sectors of the country are asking the government to make the process of purchasing and applying the covid vaccine transparent and flexible. The consortium of Covid researchers from Honduras, made up of several professionals from the country, demanded in a public letter that the authorities enter formal, transparent and direct negotiations with the laboratories that produce vaccines against Covid-19 and schedule a prompt application, as well as scientific follow-up after vaccination with mandatory reporting of side effects. In addition, that the procurement process respects technical and scientific recommendations to achieve equality and justice in the use of drugs. “To do this, the respective mechanisms of transparency, fairness, public information and order in vaccination must be made possible. This is the only way to achieve equality and justice in its application, as coverage must be ensured for everyone in every corner of Honduras, ”the letter states. The consortium called for priority to be given to the vaccination of health workers and to provide them with better biosecurity facilities and safe working conditions, and to ensure social oversight through the establishment of several independent organizations, including academia, trade unions and recognized organizations. For their fight. against corruption. They called for controls to be put in place, “as vaccination law reforms can open the doors to irregularities such as unauthorized vaccination centers, the black market, illegal exploitation, the vaccine trade and misuse of prices”. They advised making it clear to the population that the vaccine alone will not eradicate the pandemic, but along with the other biosecurity measures, it will allow case control and reduce the severity of the disease. |